THE PRESERVATION OF EGGS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")
Sie,--May I ask for your solution of what appears to me a house- holder's problem ? We read and receive, really such diverse opinions and advice about the storing or hoarding of eggs that it is impossible to see what is the right or permissible thing to do. In this neighbourhood it is the custom to store eggs for winter use. The shops seem well supplied with foreign and home-produced eggs. No limit is given to the purchase of eggs. These households average six persons : A buys forty-two eggs weekly, allowing, including cooking, one to each person daily. They eat them all.
B buys the same amount, and of that quantity stores about thirty.
C has a small amount of poultry, stores all their eggs and buys for present use. D has a large amount of poultry, well managed as a hobby, and reckons on selling eggs to friends who store them, with a view to making it pay its way.—I am, Sir, &c., M. F. B.
[Unfortunately we cannot answer our correspondent. We have heard several answers given, and have come to the conclusion that the regulations of the different Food Control Committees vary considerably. But this is a matter on which an official announce- ment should be made for the guidance of all, and it is stated that the Ministry of Food have it under consideration. It seems to us that the preservation of eggs should be definitely encouraged.—Ee. Spectator.]
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